My
family's relationship to:

Saints

and some of the popes who
canonized them

Sainthood runs so strong in my
family veins that we in each new generation are urged to "run" for it
ourselves. When you look at our violent family hagiology - in which the saint's
crown has been achieved mostly by sword in hand - at least you will agree that
most of us today qualify for sainthood. Here are just a tiny selection of the dozens
of canonized saints in my children's immediate family and their usually violent
life stories: